Lost Art Comes to Wauconda!

The Wauconda Area Library is proud to present:

Kut-kut - Lost Art of the Philippines
An art exhibit by Fred DeAsis

Fred is an international artist based in Chicago and focuses on reviving “kut-kut”, a lost ancient Philippine art style and technique based on early century art forms.  The art process was handed down from several family generations of Samar province, one of the 7,107 islands of the Philippines. 

The technique is a combination of ancient art processes, sgraffito, encaustic and layering.  The merging of these ancient techniques produces an original art form characterized by delicate swirling interwoven lines, multi-layered texture and an illusion of three-dimensional space.

Fred learned these techniques from his father and grandfather.  His ancestors used a variety of materials, such as bees wax, animal fat, tree saps, pigmentation from tree barks, roots, leaves and other organic earth products.

Fred’s art pieces often take months to complete due to continuous layering, composing, and mixing of tints and dyes to the emulsion and lengthy drying time.

For a list of the items on display at the Wauconda Area Library, click here.